Never thought I'd be writing one of these, but I had such a horrible experience here (actually several) that I just had to do it.
The owner doesn't know the defntion of "buffet". I was pretty full from the sushi buffet, so on my last plate, I ate the fish off of the top of my nigiri and left the 3 riceballs; the owner/sushi chef quickly appeared to tell me that I'd be charged $1 per remaining riceball. I stuffed the riceballs down while he watched.
On a different occasion, my friend got the buffet and I didn't. She offered me a piece of galbi, so I accepted. Once again, the owner quickly came down to tell us that if we shared again, I'd also be charged for a buffet.
On my last, recent visit, we took advantage of the 1/2 off rolls. When it came out, both my friend's and my jaws dropped. What was called the "tuna lover's roll" had almost NO tuna on it; the other rolls also had very little fish. Some rolls actually had no fish at all, just rice. Not wanting to make a big deal of it, I asked my waitress nicely if it'd be possible to get a discount on the sushi since they we were really unsatisfactory and we'd only eaten 2 pieces of it. The owner came down to hear the story. Now this is what really bothers me. He came down with such a bad attitude and talked to me as if he wanted to start a fight! He said my request was unacceptable and started pushing the rolls around with his fingers! saying how these were 1/2 off. Certainly he was implying, "well what did you expect?! It's 1/2 price!" I asked him if this were normal, and he said "Yes, of course! Wherever you go it's like this." Now I've been to numerous sushi restaurants including ones w/similar 1/2 off deals but I'd never seen rolls that bad. Even the Harris Teeter sushi's are much better, honestly! I told him this, and he said, "Where? Name the place?" There was no need to argue any further w/such a man. I payed the whole bill and left.
Pros: Decent Korean food; sushi used to be decent, but not any more
Cons: horrible rolls; horrible service; owner doesn't believe in customer service; he seems nice? Try giving him negative feedback.
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